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's pretty harsh. >> reporter: that's what shawn reed saw, the robbers using a stun gun. anne arundel county police used a helicopter and dogs but couldn't find anything. in pasadena, don harrison. >>> we're also following a developing story out of demplet -- denver. people are found dead in a bar. police are convinced they were dead before the fire started. >> reporter: police say the crime occurred before the fire started at fero's bar and grill. they found five bodies, four women and one man. it was obvious the victims did not die from the flames early wednesday morning. >> arson, i'm guessing to mask the homicide. >> reporter: detectives said there's clear evidence all five were murdered. >> there's trauma to the bodies. >> reporter: why they aren't elaborating on what that trauma; detectives are narrowing down a timeline. firefighters responded about 1:50. young fero is one of the owners. he says police have not asked him to identify the bodies. right now is detectives are pulling evidence and set offing through ashes. >> it will be a long drawnout investigation at this point. >> report

. this is north at six, this track is still a big concern for us here as the storm continues to march in to the delmarva, peninsula. potentially by monday, midday. that's why we are keeping such a close eye on sandy. >> i'm looking here, we have thed a advisory. winds at 75 to the north at 7. a pick up in overall speed. but still a crawl, down towards the south. we are be watching the storm next 24 hours, crucial to the development and addressing the idea of major waves that will move in. this is our wave watch model, showing you, bullseye in the center, 20, 30-foot waves expected. major surf along the front up towards the delmarva beach, 8- 16 feet in to the weekend. this is still a historic storm, long duration event that's going to last from monday through wednesday, ings will go downhill sunday night, south and east, during the day monday, you are going to notice the winds picking up in a big way, lasting in to wednesday. eastern bay flood risk will increase and we will keep a eye on the high title cycles, elevated water levels, due to a full moon that will be setting up. we will

in towson used imitation bumpers to save money but they won't look for bargains when this goes for air bags. >> used a factory air bag brand-new. they want to use one. they're out there on the market. i could order one and have it here tomorrow. the problem is i have no idea the condition of the air bag. >> reporter: the fake ones look almost identical and the counterfeiters use company insignias. federal regulators say if you've replaced your air bag in the last three years and it want through a dealer or purchased them online, have them checked out f you purchased a newer model used car, you may want to check them. >> no idea if the air bag never been deployed. if it as one of the imitation ones. i would say to anybody who buys a used car, it would probably cost about $1 4urbgs to have that -- $100 to have that checked out. >> now at this point they estimate the fake bags may affect only one vehicle out of every thousand or even less. jeff hager, abc2 news. >>> toyota is recalling more than 7 million cars and trucks worldwide. the power windows could catch fire. the switch on the driver's

. temperatures mild, low 60s, 62 baltimore. 56 bel air. most of us picking up around a 10th to a quarter of an inch of rain so far today. there is drier weather off to the west. we'll talk about when that arrives and the rest of the week coming up. >> peanut butter, roasted peanuts. >> now lots of other foods you may have in your pantry. we have the latest on a growing salmonella outbreak that's really sickened dozens of people. >> reporter: the nationwide salmonella recall is expanding. >> i had eaten peanut butter three days in a row and i got so sick, barbara claims to be one of dozens sickened in 19 states. it's now 10 pages longhand contains more than 400 peanut products including moon pies, ice cream and peanut butter and raw and roasted peanuts. it has been tracked to this company, sunland sunland, inc. the fda warns consumers not to eat any products connected with sunland. barbara purchased hers before it was pulled from store shelves. it's certain peanut butter got her sick. >> i've been feeding this peanut butter to my dogs. seriously, this is a big deal. my friend has six gran

. if you walk over, they talk with you. i'm very happy with what they've done. they've gotten us up and running so far pretty quickly. >> the missouri linemen said they spent five days in louisiana after katrina. once they finish their work they are expected to be sent north to help with new jersey and new york. all of us are looking at trees differently. we had a contractor killed when a tree fell on him on homewood avenue. the victim died at scene. firefighters said the man was part of the crew contracted to clean up trees in the area. >>> in towson they were working to remove a tree that came down on this house. with all the rain that we have seen from sandy, the tree service got the truck stuck and had to deeing that out. >> sandy's down -- winds down trees. at one point more than 5 roads were closed -- 50 roads were closed. >>> let's go to millers island. testify that been through storms. people said isabelle was the worst storm for them. with sandy they were pleased with how the storm came back. >> i thought the power would be out by 3:00 in the afternoon. it -- it came back o

news.com, let us know what you think of the o maizing evening ahead. >>> not only is ate big week for baseball here in baltimore, but a huge day for runners tomorrow. the running festival is saturday morning, you will see runners racing all over the city a marathon, half marathon and a relay race. this year's race will have a very different feel. >> we are probably going to have 200,000 folks, fans, over the course of the 26 miles supporting the runners and telling them to wear orange and purple. it's a magic time of year to give everyone the baltimore flavor. >> with all of those runners downtown, several major streets will be closed. time saver traffic reporter loren cook shows you how to get around the closures. >> reporter: the race begins at 8:00 tomorrow morning on russel street near camden yards. it will affect roads downtown, including key highway, packca, and light street. as runner travel, mccullough will be closed to green spring avenue, route will pass johns hopkins university and travel around lake montebello , the final stretch will travel through patterson park, dow

:45 in the evening and then forwarded in the morning. >> they told us the electrical is -- all trains are delayed between here and new york because aberdeen maryland, between aberdeen and delaware, power outage, so if you notice, everything in there is delayed. >> reporter: marc tranes continued running. they began running a limited service, in the soon enough for a yankees fan coming off of a loss. >> coming here it's usually yankees fans taking over the ballpark. now it's in the like that. the fans are coming out loud like i haven't seen it in 15 years. >> reporter: for others, the delays impacted far more serious issues. marcia is missing her mother's heart procedure. >> i feel bad because i can't be there with my mom, but it's okay. she's in god's hands. she's all right. but ill a get there. >> reporter: amtrak announced it had reopened two of the three tracks while it continues to repair the wires on the third. >>> another travel related issue. the commute home from work will be less of a headache for those traveling near the tidings bridge. this after a tractor-trailer carrying fuel overtur

about your rights. >> reporter: that's right. many of us rushed for a playoff game ticket. in many cases we bought tickets for games that weren't played and the face value of the ticket was funded plus the convenience fee. what you don't get back is the fee for processing, shipping handling. that amounts to six dollars per order. we went to maryland attorney general today to see if fans have any recourse. he said you are out of luck because you were told up front. >> if they charged you x dollars and didn't tell you that was the ticket price plus the service charge and then didn't refund the service charge portion that would be illegal. >> reporter: that was not the case here. the fee was explained with your order. this isn't the first time a major league team has heard this complaint. the new york yankees used to have the same policy but in 2002 the new york attorney general went to the yankees front office and complained. in an agreement 90% of those fees were returned to fans. abc 2news. >> all right. you saw the crawl this morning. terrell suggs to play sunday in houston. he said i

of steroids. several surgery and pain centers used the drug to help relieve pain. tonight roosevelt leftwich explains. >> reporter: the tainted steroids were injected in most of the infected patients. people who contracted meningitis from this came down with the disease so quickly because it was injected in an hear that acted almost like a super highway to move the virus quickly around the body. president tainted steroid injections come from the new england compound center. they are prepackaged in bottles and syringe force doctors to -- for doctors to use. the food and drug administration said those tainted with meningitis were sent to 23 states, including maryland and sickened 105 and caused several deaths. epidurals has been a standard treatment for many years. >> around nerves and cause pinching of nerves. the patient with a fractured spine or broken spine, it can be helped with this. >> reporter: at least three people in maryland have been made sick with this. one person has died. these seven centers here in maryland used the prepackaged steroid epidural for pain treatment. med star hosp

we're coming up on 5:00. let's take how outlive. the governor is about to address us. >> waiting for the address. i'm sure he's getting briefed. the governor spends time behind the scenes with those monitoring traffic and we provide that information as well as ask questions. again, encouraging people it stay off the roads. if you're on the highway, speed limit max 4345 miles an hour. that's if you have to be. >> marc train, metro, the subway, commuter bus suspended again tomorrow because of hurricane sandy. the bay bridge continues to be shut down at this hour. >> the federal government is closed tomorrow as well as state government except for central employees. the people you're looking at right now, these are the essential employees working to keep you safe. >> again, we are going to be continuing through the night to watch and wait on sandy that's approaching. new york is getting pummeled. they already closed the holland tunnel. subway service has been shut down. no trading on the stock market. again, we're online at abc2news.com. we're asking for your wick churrs and -- pictu

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. here's the tip. i want to show you. this is where the accident happened at u.s. 50. this is maryland 8, just east of the bay bridge. i want to show you some of the other traffic troubles. one is on st. margaret, day dale drive. that's it. i want to show you all the way back to route two. it's not bad, not as far as route two, so that's a good thing. i want to show you what st. margaret's looks like, the st. margaret lane. okay. we're having trouble. the bay bridge, toll plaza is starting to open up for traffic. if you're stuck on this side of the bay bridge, your best bet is 95 through delaware on down. the eastern shore 301 north and cross over. and you should be around newark. cheryl conner is on her way. it's a busy time, stoppage on the bay bridge. >>> we're staying on top of the big weather tease. today spectacular, tomorrow bet are and then it could be about sandy. the storm looks like it's going in different traffic directions. right now we have been tracking some rain just north of maryland, that rain fizzling out. this weather disturbance that's bringing rain points north, par

of us celebrate. what do you think? >> you got it. a victory cigar. >> reporter: back at 5:30 some of the players. >> not only is the theme in limbo, so are we. we have more on how people spent the day working on plan c, d and e. >> reporter: it's like trying to figure out who your third cousin's nieces are on your wife's side. two games may or may not diseed. only one in four teams may and up in a wild card or two of them. you see what i meefnlt the orioles magic is back. they have post season fever. >> if the orioles wen tonight and the yankees lose then there's the one-game playoff. if the orioles lose tomorrow dense the yankees, they would be here friday nied against oakland and texas. i'm not sure. >> reporter: the orioles may or may not host a game thursday, friday and sunday. and for organizations like the downtown partnership, contingency plans are in motion. >> all the cultural institutions, the theater, symphony. live music clubs, restaurants. though are fine dining places that zoo have tv's. everybody is scrambling to figure out what it could mean. what can they do to mi

, don't use your oven to heat the home. not only is it a fire hazard but a health hazard, the potential for carbon monoxide poisoning. we want to pay void that at all cost -- avoid that at all costs. >> reporter: the city will canvass that neighborhood to make sure people have working smoke detectors. once you make that call, within a couple of hours someone will put in that smoke detector with the 10-year lithium battery. so just call 311. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >> definitely a tragedy being felt in the city tonight. >>> a 10-year-old girl missing for days is found dead in colorado. >> the fbi is getting involved because this case may be connected to the case of another missing 11-year-old. >> police worked through the night. >> this afternoon ad about i did was discovered two law enforcement. it is the body of jessica ridgeway. authorities are still awaiting a positive i.d. which they said could take a wheel. >> from the helicopter you have footage of the body which would show the body is not intact. >> reporter: on sunday police were able to find her backpack and a water bott

. >> all right. state officials have confirmed to us there have been three deaths related to sandy. >> a pasadena man lost his life yesterday when a tree fell on his home. >> brian kuebler spoke to his son. there's no way you can prepare for it. >> reporter: sandy took three lives, one of them in pasadena. the scene almost as tragic as the story. the 7700 block of suit drive has become an attraction, but for the family of 74-year-old donald con aado. >> he lived here. >> the son told us about his father, an jar. as his son boards up, he is haunted by the very last conversation the two had. >> i was standing in the doorway talking to him about it. he said what's the matter, son. he said i'm a little uptight. the trees are swaying. what's your big concern? he said a tree might fall. >> it happened last night. he was the only one in the home at the time. it took rescue crews almost 12 hours to remove the tree and get inside. >> absolutely. nothing else you can say other than it's a freak accident. severe weather. its with a rather large tree. a danger his son feared, now living the gr

become a super storm. leading us off is our meteorologist wyatt everhart. >>> large powerful hurricane, bottom line, now a category two storm. that update coming up as we speak from the national hurricane center. you see the distance. we take it from jacksonville, florida, to the lesser antilles. hurricane sandy packing winds of 105 miles an hour. how over the bahamas. she has cleared the mountain. some additional strengthening not out of the question. this is still a large powerful storm and all maryland del projections have trended this thing further west manying -- meaning the impacts could be felt. where in this swath the storm will come in is a key factor. if it's close are to virginia, a much bigger impact. if she tracks further north, jobs up toward long island, higher impacts for new england. either way, we'll sew a lot of wind, a lot of rain. we have more coming up. >>> the city of baltimore has taken steps. there are several things you can do. first, they say make sure you have a battery powered radio, flashlights and enough water to last three days. make sure to cl

in the water. they tell us he is white, 40 to 60 years old and possibly from dundalk. the body had been in the water awhile. >>> tonight the national weather service has confirmed that a trend did touch down friday in harford county. it was classified as an ef 0. it was enough to do some damage. it toucheddown in jarrettsville. >> take a look at the statistics. this is the storm we were on from 6:30 to 7:30 a clear rotation, just north and west of jarrettsville. crystal clear. warm conditions. to the west not other than in the great lakes but all eyes turning south, strengthening in the caribbean. we talk about that and how things shape up through friday. >>> a scary attack on a running trail. >> a woman was hit in the head and left in the woods. we have the details. >> reporter: one minute said she stopped on the trail and the next thing she knows she's lying in the woods in the dark. it happened on the capital crescent trail. a man approached her from behind without making a sound. he hit her on the head and sexually assaulted her. she woke up and called for help, flagging someone goi

't talk to us. his representative said quote, we want our polyholders to know this has never affected our policy holders in any way. we're going to continue following the story and have more at 6. >>> thousands of you may have coverage connected to katz agency, so what you should do now. let's run a less of the phone numbers f it's through maryland auto fund call 1-800-445-1117. if interstate has your coverage and questions 410-358-1905. questions in gem at 1-800-492-6116. you can go to our website and go right to the investigator seas session. >>> a 17-year-old student brought a beebee gun to owings mills high school. others noticed it. they alerted adults. >> what happened after that is what we hope what would happen. students did exactly what we wanted them to do, which is they reported this promptly to the school administrators. >> school officials locked down the school and called police. they were able to identify the students and find the gun. the 17-year-old will be charged as a juvenile. >> more weapons at school, this time on sullivans island road. there's a report of a student

shooting. >>> weir getting new information about last month's deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in leb ya. the white house, state department, fbi, they were all informed a militant islamic group claimed credit two hours after it began. it raises confusion on the part of the obama administration to determine the nay clur of the attack and this who planned it. a white house spokesman said it was just one peels of evidence that came in after the attack. >>> gambling companies are spending big bucks to get you to vet on expanded gambling. so far companies have spent $50 million campaigning for and against it. that's more than the 2012 maryland's raise, previously the most expensesive race in the -- expensive race in the history. >> and this is a slap in the face. find out why a massage par already wants to slap you silly to make you more beautiful. >> we talked to the man who cracked jfk's state of the art security system. we'll find out how he did it coming up. how does it brew such great coffee? well, inside the brewer are these green fields of coffee, actually, i just press this button. br

joins us with how this happened. >> reporter: police say they have arrested the two suspects in the case and are looking to pin two sexual assaults on them but fear it could be more. the first two cases started here at the corner of engle side and edmundson in catonsville. two teenagers, one in late september and the other yesterday, abducted from this bus stop, held at gun point and sexually assaulted. >> it's scary you can't stand on a street corner and get a bus. >> reporter: linda manages the limelight inn across the street from where the two suspects snatched their victims. she keep has close eye on the area and remembers seeing a suspicious car. >> we see a lot of students standing on the corner as well as nurses. >> reporter: it's a bus transfer. >> yes. >> reporter: which may have been the abductor's mo. another abduction near another mta bus stop. police said a woman and man were abducted at gun point. they were able to flee near greenspring but the woman was robbed, then released. the case too similar to the prior two for both jurisdictions to ignore. >> this has been an extens

have people standing by to answer your questions. i'm joined by dr. steven. thank you for joining us, doctor. over the past 10 years have we seen an increase or decrease in the number of breast cancer cases. >> in the past 10 years we've seen steady decline at the rate of 2% per year. prior to that it was a steady increase, but, still, this year we expect 230,000 women in the united states to be diagnosed with breast cancer and about 40,000 will die from it. >> and it affects so many people. it's a disease that really hits home and we try to bring more attention to it during the month of october. what should you do if you see something suspicious prior to or in between your mammogram. >> if something is identified on a breast exam, usually we recommend an imaging to help characterize it and help to guide further treatment. if something is identified on a mammogram or potentially an ultrasound, usually the patient at that point will undergo a biopsy. depending on what the findings are they will be referred to a surgeon. >> we can all imagine how overwhelming this would be. tell mow ab

information about them call the police. >> cases like this are scary for many of us. researchers are working with technology to make sure if you get taken police can find you as soon as possible. we report about sciencists who developed an app for that. >> reporter: when you need to call 911 you do on the phone -- you go to this app and touch the buton and this window opens up. >> reporter: right now anyone on the college park campus who has an i-phone or android smart phone can take advantage of the new technology. >> the moment you touch the call buton it calls out and a video starts streaming to the [inaudible]. >> reporter: then a dispatch erin side the police station can watch in realtime a live audio and video stream on a computer screen and talk back to the caller. >> the idea is that you press a buton, you can transmit video, location, other pieces of information directly to a public safety answering point. a 911 center. >> reporter: up and running since february it's a great stool for improving public safety andself awareness on campus. >> i think it's great. like there is the lu

of wax ledded toward us, likely to bring not just some rain on and off through the day on sunday but also a major cold shot of air. you'll feel that difference as you work into the day struggling to get out of the 40s for much of the morning hours, maybe low to mid-50s. tonight we'll fall into the 50s. mostly clear, cooler conditions. 75, sunny, breezy. our high temperature will happen around noon tomorrow. as we work into tomorrow night 48. that will feel cooler. breezy and the more significant rains could come with that coastal low on sunday. you see the changes, 75, 80 today. 60 on monday. we will recover some for columbus day. overall, the outlook is one of change has we go into the day on sunday. so, again, just looking at all the scenarios. i think in texas maybe a hit or miss shower but most of the game should be dry as we come back to baltimore to play what we know will be the start of the series. looks like the rain will be gone by sunday evening. >> we can't store that until later? >> can you imagine tonight? >> beautiful night. the town would be crazy. >> >> we all see them, pe

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